"the lord is testing me."

so i get to work this morning and i see they've put me in the baking section.

but thankfully, as soon as i get the command to, "take them pans there and spreh em up with that butter spray, we makin' scrawberreh cake today!" from the old lady that works there, i quickly realized it wasn't going to be as hard as i thought. as i coated the pans, i couldn't help but let my mind wander to my dear Jillian Michaels, and i wondered, "what kind of crap is this anyway? i bet i'm inhaling cancer as we speak..." but seriously though.

so rather than feeling the awful temptation of the desire for sweets the entire morning, i was bombarded with reminders of why it is so important we know what we are eating. after all, our american way of what we shouldn't eat is like, "oooh, i just know i shouldn't be having this chocolate cake... all the empty calories, and i'll get a sugar rush! oh well, i had a diet coke this morning, and i took the stairs... i deserve this." (don't even get me started on the "i deserve this mentality... more on that later.") oh no, the problem is, we're thinking so close mindedly about what is really BAD about the BAD food we're eating! you're worried about calories?! oh sweetheart, how about, chances are, that thing is covered in slimey cancer causers--like unnecessary butter rubbed all over every pastry we cook, or freaking food coloring to make "scrawberreh" cake TASTE like strawberries? newsflash sweetie-- that flour is manufactured powder. and that authentic fruity taste? pretend your classmate that's a chemistry major came up with that, cuz it's straight from a laboratory. no. fruit. at all.

did you know it was reported in recent years that Kraft, the company that makes all those nommy snacks you love, actually was found to have had their "food scientists" work with and trade "business techniques" with the scientists that work with Miller Brewing (yes, that's BEER) and a popular tobacco company (the name slips my mind at the moment) ?!?! yeah, two of the greatest addictions in our country, alcohol and cigarettes.... and they're talking to the guys who feed snacks and dinner to us. scary.

class now.... but there's some food for thought:)